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Family Free-Riders (Childless adults are economic free riders)
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| March 03, 2006
| Shannon Love
Posted on 03/06/2006 7:12:09 AM PST by FreedomSurge
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To: MineralMan
"Heck, us childless folks are paying for lots of those children, it seems. Hmm. True and they are worth every cent. Will you be taking care of your parents too?
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:47:45 AM PST
by
ex-snook
(God of the Universe, God of Creation, God of Love, thank you for life.)
To: FreedomSurge
So, now I'm a "Free Rider"?
Somehow I am being unfair for not wishing this screwed up world on another generation?
Then refund all the higher income tax's I have paid, all the property tax's that went to support other peoples kids, etc.!
No? That's what I expected.
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:47:58 AM PST
by
Richard-SIA
("The natural progress of things is for government to gain ground and for liberty to yield" JEFFERSON)
To: Antoninus
"FWIW, I don't agree that the childless should be disenfranchised. That's a patently idiotic idea.
"
That being the topic of the thread, that is the topic I'm addressing. Your support of FreedomPurge's comments about childless people led me to believe that you also believed what he said regarding the franchise.
If you do not, then your feelings about childlessness are irrelevant to the topic.
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:49:04 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: Allegra
"pusillanimous pismire "
Excellent use of alliteration. A+ work!
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:49:55 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: busstopsindetroit
Oh please, you can't be serious. Most of the "childless by choice" are serious career minded folks who are driving the economy. I have to disagree with that. People like that are more like black holes. They suck in and horde resources, vote down infrastructure improvements, create an instant gratification culture, and in general contribute very little to the coming generation.
They ARE some of the thinkers, the leaders, the innovators, because they have the time and the resources to be them.
Sure, then they can take time off from their obsession with sex and various kinds of inebriation, Im sure they have a few good thoughts. Please, youre describing junk bond dealers and real estate agents here.
To: FreedomSurge
So you think a crackwhore pumping out 5-6 crackbabies should have more rights than a nun or priest?
Quick - get yourself to a proctologist so he can remove your head from your ass.
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:51:20 AM PST
by
Brytani
(Democrats - destroying America since 1868)
To: FreedomSurge
"Someone should place a pacifier up the anal cavity of this author to prevent any further episodes of this verbal diarrhea"
Do you take everything literally?
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:51:29 AM PST
by
Feiny
( "Why don't we go up to the old people's home and wax the steps? " ~ Barney Fife)
To: FreedomSurge
You
really need to develop a sense of humor, for starters.
As for the rest of it, I'm not a psychotherapist, so I'll leave that to those who understand what motivates delusions of grandeur.
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:51:55 AM PST
by
Allegra
(Please pray for peace in Iraq.)
To: MineralMan
If you do not, then your feelings about childlessness are irrelevant to the topic.
Not quite. Freedom Surge has identified the illness and for that, I commend him.
The medicine he proposes, however, is neither fair nor constitutional.
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:52:19 AM PST
by
Antoninus
(The only reason you're alive today is because your parents were pro-life.)
To: MineralMan
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:52:54 AM PST
by
Allegra
(Please pray for peace in Iraq.)
To: ex-snook
"True and they are worth every cent. Will you be taking care of your parents too?"
In a physical sense, you bet. My wife and I sold our home in California and moved to Minnesota to care for my wife's parents. They have plenty of financial resources, but are 77 and 86. My father-in-law has had several small strokes and needs considerable care. My mother-in-law is not able to handle it all.
So, my wife and I are here, now, and are over there all the time, helping her father in and out of bed, changing the bag for his indwelling catheter, and helping with physical therapy and speech therapy.
Thanks to the fact that we're childless, it was easy for us to make that move. My own parents, who are both 81 years old, still live in California, but have two other offspring there in the same town to help them.
So, yup, we're helping take care of our parents. Thanks for asking.
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:54:01 AM PST
by
MineralMan
(godless atheist)
To: FreedomSurge
LOL! You're the only one here who got spanked by the Moderator.
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:54:55 AM PST
by
steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
To: Jersey Republican Biker Chick
I've been told (not on FR, but to my face) that I'm going to Hell because I had water sprinkled on my head when I was baptized rather than being immersed. I'm also going to Hell (via FR) for using birth control to limit the number of children I have with my husband. It's amazing the number of things that can send you to Hell! To all who complain about paying for the education of other peoples' kids, I'd like to put out there that other people did pay for your childhood education. Fair trade? No. But neither is social security.
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:55:14 AM PST
by
YoungCurmudgeon
(I slept and dreamed that life was beauty. I woke to find that life is duty.)
To: Scourge of God
I'm really trying to see things from your point of view, but I can't get my head that far up my hindquarters...
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:57:06 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Attention RNC...we're the party of Reagan, not FDR...)
To: Scourge of God
Pay your own way without subsidies (e.g. pay 100% of your kids' education costs).
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:57:39 AM PST
by
steve-b
(A desire not to butt into other people's business is eighty percent of all human wisdom)
To: MineralMan
"
So, yup, we're helping take care of our parents. Thanks for asking."Glad I did. You are doing good work assisting your needy parents. Hope you don't need the same assistance.
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:57:42 AM PST
by
ex-snook
(God of the Universe, God of Creation, God of Love, thank you for life.)
To: RockinRight
I'm really trying to see things from your point of view, but I can't get my head that far up my hindquarters... That's your problem: you're inflexible.
To: Antoninus
At the same time, I believe that those who are childless for selfish reasons should not be held up as paragons of virtue. Have you been appointed as the judge to distinguish who is "childless for selfish reasons" from those who might be childless for perhaps a variety of other completely different reasons?
Just curious.
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:58:56 AM PST
by
Allegra
(Please pray for peace in Iraq.)
To: Brytani
Well, just because an organization is not run for profit doesn't mean the adoption process is inexpensive. Many of the costs ae for background checks, etc. It does run 20 to 30K, but there is a tax credit of $10,600 that helps offset that cost. Drop me a note if I can offer any info.
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posted on
03/06/2006 9:59:07 AM PST
by
70times7
(An open mind is a cesspool of thought)
To: Scourge of God
I'll give you one thing-
That was a witty comeback. But that's all I'll give you.
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posted on
03/06/2006 10:00:13 AM PST
by
RockinRight
(Attention RNC...we're the party of Reagan, not FDR...)
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